A state Senate Republican leader said there won’t be any broad-based retribution against Colorado State University just because the school’s administrators seem ready to ban concealed weapons on campus.

But there are other ways Sen. Greg Brophy of Wray will show his displeasure with the gun decision.

Brophy — assistant minority leader — says he is working on a bill that would essentially nullify the proposed ban at CSU. Also, any CSU Board of Governors up for reappointment next year will not be getting his vote.

“I will never reconfirm any of those members,” Brophy said. “That’s the proper way to respond when an elected or appointed official does something you don’t approve.”

The nine-member board — two of whom are up for confirmation for another four-year term in 2010 — last week voted unanimously for a policy to ban concealed weapons on the CSU campuses at Fort Collins and Pueblo.

Brophy said his bill is aimed at clearing up language in the state concealed- weapons law that would allow weapons to be carried by permit holders at CSU. He said he isn’t aware of any attempt being launched to get back at CSU in next year’s legislative session for its gun stance.

“I wouldn’t want to punish all of the students at CSU for the actions of the Board of Governors,” said Brophy. “There is a bigger picture here.”

CSU is one of a few public colleges and universities in the country without a schoolwide ban on concealed weapons. Currently, it operates under a state law that permits people with concealed-weapons permits to carry a handgun on most areas of the campus. They are banned only in residence halls.

However, both CSU’s public safety team and the president’s cabinet in October recommended a weapons ban.

That prompted the student senate this month to vote overwhelmingly against a ban. Student leaders said permitting concealed weapons would likely prevent a school shooting akin to the 2007 incident when 33 people, including the perpetrator, were killed at Virginia Tech.

But the governing board cited the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, which said in 2008 that there is no statistical credible evidence demonstrating that laws allowing the carrying of concealed weapons reduce crime.

A final policy on concealed weapons at CSU will be presented to the Board of Governors in February.

Several Republican senators are lining up to back the CSU student leaders, including Loveland Sen. Kevin Lundberg. “The idea that concealed carry poses a danger to the campus is absolutely backwards,” Lundberg told the Colorado Senate News.

When asked to comment, Board of Governors spokeswoman Michele McKinney pointed to a statement released by the board.

“We respect that there are many differing opinions on this issue, but members of the CSU System Board believe this is a reasonable and responsible step to manage risks and reduce the threat of potential harm to students and other persons on our campuses,” the board said.

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